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BUREAU    OF    ANIMAL   INDUSTRY. 

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AMENDMENT  9  TO  RULE  6,  REVISION  1.-T0  PREVENT  THE  SPREAD 

OF  FOOT-AND-MOUTH  DISEASE  IN  CATTLE,  SHEEP, 

OTHER  RUMINANTS,  AND  SWINE. 


Effective  on  and  after  January  5,  1909 


U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary. 

During  the  existence  of  the  quarantine  to  prevent  the  spread  of  foot- 
and-mouth  disease  in  cattle,  sheep,  other  ruminants,  and  swine,  as 
provided  in  Rule  6,  Revision  1,  and  amendments  thereto,  cattle,  calves, 
sheep,  and  swine  may  he  shipped  interstate  by  rail  or  boat  or  be  trailed 
or  driven  under  the  restrictions  hereinafter  indicated  from  any  point 
in  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  except  from  the  counties  of  Philadelphia, 
Delaware,  Chester,  Lancaster,  Dauphin,  Lebanon,  Berks,  Montgomery, 
Bucks,  Lehigh,  Northampton,  Carbon,  Schuylkill,  Luzerne,  Columbia, 
Montour,  Northumberland,  Lycoming,  Clinton,  Center,  Union,  Snyder. 
Mifflin,  Juniata,  and  Perry,  and  that  portion  of  York  County  which  lies 
east  and  south  of  Conewago  Creek,  for  immediate  slaughter,  to  any 
point  located  in  any  other  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia, 
without  inspection  or  certification,  provided  the  authorities  of  the  State, 
Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  to  which  the  animals  are  destined 
have  previously  signified  their  willingness  to  accept  such  animals. 
When  such  animals  are  received  from  points  in  Pennsylvania  they  shall 
be  slaughtered  immediately. 

Animals  moved  under  this  amendment  shall  not  be  trailed  into  or 
driven  through  any  one  of  the  aforesaid  counties  or  part  of  county  in 
the  State  of  Pennsylvania.  No  cattle,  sheep,  other  ruminants,  or  swine 
shall  be  trailed  or  driven  from  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  until  permis- 
sion for  such  movement  has  first  been  obtained  from  the  Chief  of  the 
Bureau  of  Animal  Industry.  When  such  animals  are  shipped  by  rail 
or  boat  they  shall  not  be  unloaded  en  route  either  at  points  within  or 
without  the  area  quarantined  for  foot-and-mouth  disease  except  into 
pens  designated  for  that  purpose  by  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal 
Industry.     Animals  from  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  shall  not  be  unloaded 


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into  cleaned  and  disinfected  pens  specially  designated  by  the  Chief  of 
the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  under  Rule  6,  Revision  1,  for  the  yard- 
ing of  live  stock  passing  through  the  quarantined  area. 

Railroad  cars  or  boats,  within  that  portion  of  Pennsylvania  not  in- 
cluded in  the  aforesaid  counties  and  part  of  county,  which  have  carried 
live  stock  may  be  moved  interstate  without  being  cleaned  and  disin- 
fected. 

Hay,  straw,  or  similar  fodder,  including  that  used  for  packing  mer- 
chandise, etc.,  may  be  moved  interstate  from  the  State  of  Pennsylvania 
except  from  the  aforesaid  counties  and  part  of  county  without  disinfec- 
tion or  certification,  subject  to  the  consent  of  the  officials  of  the  State, 
Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia  to  which  such  consignments  are 
destined. 

Hides,  skins,  and  hoofs  of  cattle,  sheep,  other  ruminants,  and  swine 
taken  from  animals  slaughtered  at  any  point  in  the  State  of  Pennsyl- 
vania except  points  located  in  the  aforesaid  counties  and  part  of  county 
may  be  moved  interstate  without  disinfection  or  certification,  subject  to 
the  consent  of  the  officials  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Colum- 
bia to  which  such  consignments  are  destined. 

Amendment  8  to  Rule  6,  Revision  1,  modifying  the  quarantine  for 
the  State  of  New  York,  is  hereby  amended  to  provide  that  live  stock 
for  immediate  slaughter  may  be  shipped  interstate  by  rail  or  boat  or  be 
trailed  or  driven  under  the  restrictions  above  indicated  for  the  State  of 
Pennsylvania  from  any  point  in  the  State  of  New  York  except  from  the 
counties  of  Erie,  Niagara,  Orleans,  Genesee,  and  Monroe.  When  such 
animals  are  received  from  points  in  New  York  they  shall  be  slaughtered 
immediately. 

Railroad  cars  or  boats,  within  that  portion  of  New  York  not  included 
in  the  counties  of  Erie,  Niagara,  Orleans,  Genesee,  and  Monroe,  which 
have  carried  live  stock  may  be  moved  interstate  without  being  cleaned 
and  disinfected. 

This  amendment  is  effective  on  and  after  January  5,  1909,  and  is 
subject  to  amendment  or  revision  on  statutory  notice. 

Done  at  Washington  this  second  day  of  Janu- 
ary, 1909. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture. 

James  Wilson, 
Secretary  of  Agriculture. 


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